Moy, Highland Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Moy
Gaelic Name:A' Mhòigh
Os Grid Reference:NH771337
Map Type:Inverness
Coordinates:57.3811°N -4.0452°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Lieutenancy Scotland:Inverness
Constituency Westminster:Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Inverness and Nairn
Post Town:Inverness
Postcode District:IV13 7
Postcode Area:IV
Edinburgh Distance Mi:104
London Distance Mi:435

The village of Moy (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhòigh) is situated between the villages of Daviot and Tomatin, in the Highland region of Scotland. It sits beside Loch Moy and used to have a railway station on the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway.[1]

On 16 February 1746 Charles Edward Stuart spent the night at Moy Hall. To prevent the troops from Inverness descending on the estate in surprise during the night, Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh sent Donald Fraser, the blacksmith,[2] and four other retainers to watch the road from Inverness. Surely enough, during the night, several hundred government troops were detected marching down the road. The Mackintosh defenders started beating their swords on rocks, jumping from place to place and shouting the war cries of different clans in the Chattan Confederation. Thinking that they had been ambushed, the government troops retreated leaving Inverness open for the prince to capture the next day, an event known as the Rout of Moy.[3] There was only one casualty of the incident. The piper for the Hanoverian troops, possibly a MacCrimmon of the famous MacCrimmon piping family, was killed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Moy, Highland . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 10 January 2020.
  2. . The grid reference given by the RCAHMS is, a little to the west of Moy at the pass between Meall Mor and Ben nan Cailleach.
  3. Book: James Browne. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans. 10 January 2020. 1849. A. Fullarton. 209–211.